n this new information age, knowledge is changing too fast. Not only is new knowledge and information being produced, but old knowledge is being reinterpreted and repackaged for more and varied purposes. There is a constant need to reskill ourselves with this new knowledge in our for us to be competitive. Competition will indeed be between the slow and the fast!!

Accessing, evaluating and using information from a variety of sources has become a skill in itself for the user - and this has put a heavy pressure on providers of information to deliver the right information at the right time and the right scale to the right person. And this a skill too!

The series of short slides presented here attempts to present some ideas that were developed in the course of designing, developing and implementing the activities of GDRC.